Aaron Lerch » humor http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Having Fun Writing Software http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/10/23/having-fun-writing-software/ http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/10/23/having-fun-writing-software/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:22:46 +0000 aaron http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/10/23/having-fun-writing-software/ I was exploring symstore.exe with Depends just now and came across a function in dbghelp that’s clearly not in the documentation. I got a nice chuckle out of it. :)

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What sort of “fun” (not nasty!) function names do you tend to create? Or do you keep them all boring plain Jane? (Boooo!!) The way metadata is exposed in the .NET world, combined with a tool like Reflector, make function names like this more readily “available”. But still, we’ve gotta have some fun somehow!

]]> http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/10/23/having-fun-writing-software/feed/ 2 Your Code is Suboptimal! http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/your-code-is-suboptimal/ http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/your-code-is-suboptimal/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:21:59 +0000 aaron http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/your-code-is-suboptimal/ I just can’t pass up a free t-shirt, even when “free” is relative. It didn’t cost me any money–that’s free in my book. I’ve been known to head to Kohl’s and stock up on $3 t-shirts around the 4th of July.

So, here’s to Eric Sink for giving me a cheap-as-free shirt, thanks!

(Click to see my white legs in all their glory – proceed at your own risk!)

]]> http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/your-code-is-suboptimal/feed/ 0 Take a 30-minute break… http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/06/18/take-a-30-minute-break/ http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/06/18/take-a-30-minute-break/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:52:00 +0000 aaron http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/06/18/take-a-30-minute-break/ Absolutely hilarious! It’s long, but so worth it. (via Bad Astronomy)

Update: apparently it’s popular enough they moved it to a more ad-centric location

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